[Help Requested] Updating PFM db Descriptions

[Silven]

I'm trying to make changes, alterations, mergers of other modders work for my own personal use. But I keep running into occasional situations where a table simply won't load or show up. Before when I had the problem, I was using PFM 3.0. And then a fellow poster advised me to update to PFM 3.0.1. Which added a few of the tables I was trying to access. But there are still tables that I can't access and I have no idea how to add them.

Is it something to do with updating my schema files? I tried using the updater tool in PFM to update my db descriptions, but i get an error message each attempt.

I'm having a hard time navigating where to find all these resources and information between the broken scattered state of TWC and the official TW forums. I feel like I'm crawling through a heavy fog and I would really appreciate some guidance.

[daniu]

I'm trying to make changes, alterations, mergers of other modders work for my own personal use. But I keep running into occasional situations where a table simply won't load or show up. Before when I had the problem, I was using PFM 3.0. And then a fellow poster advised me to update to PFM 3.0.1. Which added a few of the tables I was trying to access. But there are still tables that I can't access and I have no idea how to add them.

Is it something to do with updating my schema files? I tried using the updater tool in PFM to update my db descriptions, but i get an error message each attempt.

I'm having a hard time navigating where to find all these resources and information between the broken scattered state of TWC and the official TW forums. I feel like I'm crawling through a heavy fog and I would really appreciate some guidance.

To get the latest schema version, you can use PFM's "DB Descriptions->Search for Update" which should automatically download and unpack the latest schema file definition.
It will also tell you if an updated PFM software is available which is supposed to also autoupdate which I think doesn't work right now, but you can manually download and extract.

If you have any DB files you cannot access although your schema is up to date, you can look into the schema file (schema_R2TW.xml) to check whether it contains the table at all (text search the table name).
If it does, you can right-click the db file, Open With->DecodeTool, then click the Show button. Near the top of the text it displays you see a "guid" tag. Search for that in the schema file; if you can't find it, something is wrong.

[Silven]

To get the latest schema version, you can use PFM's "DB Descriptions->Search for Update" which should automatically download and unpack the latest schema file definition.
It will also tell you if an updated PFM software is available which is supposed to also autoupdate which I think doesn't work right now, but you can manually download and extract.

If you have any DB files you cannot access although your schema is up to date, you can look into the schema file (schema_R2TW.xml) to check whether it contains the table at all (text search the table name).
If it does, you can right-click the db file, Open With->DecodeTool, then click the Show button. Near the top of the text it displays you see a "guid" tag. Search for that in the schema file; if you can't find it, something is wrong.

As I said, the "DB Descriptions->Search for Update" function isn't working properly. I get an error message every time.

But I managed to just go to the download link for PFM itself and grab the newest schema (currently 34) from its family download tree and just manually drag and dropped the new files into my PFM folder.

I'd still like to figure out why the auto updater isn't working for me though.